Vanité

​Made of antique bronze ornaments, silvered, gilded, and patinated works like Vanité respond to the concept of vanitas and to the tradition of historic allegorical sculpture and yet, Alain resists revealing a precise iconography, preferring the viewer examine and find meaning, and in some ways for his portentous work to return us to the grim reminders of traditional memento mori. 

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Hard to flog a dead horse! - work in progress

ALAIN BELLINO

I was born in Nice in 1955. In the 80’s, i discovered the world of metal and ornamentation in my father’s workshop where i learnt gold and silver plating and bronze restoration.
After many years of practice and technical research dedicated to rehabilitating and re-composing objects, i engaged in an artistic way around 2010. The ornament that is torn from its original support then becomes the very structure of my sculptures.
Bronze ornamentations assembled by extremely precise welding are the base material. Weighted with the nobility of the material joined to their own history, they support a fragmented memory and they bring me  a precious help as well as a constraint.
I got special inspiration from the Renaissance period. Vanitas are one of my favourite themes, typical of classical sceneries.
In my work of re-directing and re-assembling, which is both iconoclast and highly rigorous from a formal point of view, at the crossroads between past and future, i try to rehabilitate the ornamentation.

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